The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-03-03
FORKIGN NEWS.
LOSSES OF LIFE TERRIBLE

FOREIGN NEWS
LOSSES OF LIFE TERRIBLE.
ROME. Feb. 24.-Details have been
received this morning of the results of
| the earthquake yesterday, showing the
/ effects far more serious than was first
| thought. Loss of life and destruction
| to property is learned to have been ter
rible. The most startling news comes
| from Genoese Riviera. Over / 500
people were killed in that district. At
| the village of Bajardo, situated at the
| top of hill. number of inhabitants
| took refuge in church when the
| shocks were first felt. \ subsequent
and greater shock demOlish-
| ed the church and three
hundred people Who were in it We're
| killed. The destruction to property in
sections of Italy visited by the earth
quake is immense and widespread.
| Another shock was felt at MentOne to-
| day. 1t was so severe that houses
were shaken, but no one was injured.
Additional details concerning the
damage done yesterday show that in
| some cases villages built on the noun
| tain sides were tOppled into the val
| leys. Three railway trains have been
dispatched with food for the sufferers,
and number of soldiers have also
been detailed to assist them.
THOUSANDS WITHOUT SHELTER.
| LONDON, Feb. 24.-FurtheT dis
patches concerning the earthquake in
Southern Europe state that, although
| there has been no further shocks at
Nice, the panic has not yet subsidized.
FugitiYes are fleeing in every direction
| and people are afraid to re-enter their
houses and hotels, and last evening
the heights back of the city were
crowded with refugees. Two thous-
| and English, American and Russian
l u Is
night on elevated ground. Six thous-
and persons left the city and started
for Paris. a son of AL
bert n. Hathaway, the American
consul at Nice is seriously injured.
There has been no further disturbances
at Monte Carlos, and the place is filed
with thousands of refugees from Can
mes, Nice, MentOne, and Reno. 1t is
| difficult to find shelter for a great
number of people and last night many
| of them were compelled to sleep out.
| a more confident feeling prevailed to-
| day. Gaming has been suspended and
the band is playing on the terrace for
the purpose of restoring confidence to
the frightened people.
| RENEWED SHOCKS.
| PARIS. Feb. %, p. ma renewal
of earthquake shocks has occurred in
the southern section of France and
| terrible disasters are momentarily eX-
pected. Nice, Cannes and Mentone
4 are half deserted. Fears are expressed
for the safety of the Prince of Wales
| and the Orleans princes, all of whom
are in the section of country where the
| earthquakes prevail.
| BULACH DEFEATED.
| BERLIN, Feb. 24-The candidacy of
| Herr Bulach, who was defeated by
Herr Siefferman, a proteSter in Alsace-
Lorraine by about 10000 majority, was
unopposed until he declared himself in
| favor of the septennate.
/ PRINCE ALEXANDER ILL.
BERLIN, Feb. 24.-It is ascertained
| that Prince Alexander of Battenberg,
the disposed king of Bulgaria, was re-
ported yesterday as lying i'll with gas
| trio fever at his fathers house in
| Darmstadt. He has the smallpox.
A UNANIMOUS VOTE.
| VIENNA. Feb. 24.-The reichsrath
has passed the extra military credit
for equipping the landsturm. The
vote was unanimous.
| FOREGOING MOBILIZATION.
VIENNA. Feb. 24.-The government
| has decided to forego the usual spring
mobilization of the artillery and cav
airy, so as not to awaken alarm.
| REPLACED IN THE BUDGET.
| PARIS, Feb. 24-The senate by vote
of 210 to So, re-inserted in the budget a
credit for sub-prelects, the rejection of
which by the chamber of deputies was
the cause of the overthrow of the Frey
| cinct ministry.
A CIVIL WAR IMMINENT.
LONDON, Feb. pa Times Pekin
correspondent says: The head of a
rich Christian family at Sechuch has
| been executed, despite the remOn-
strances of the French minister. The
correspondent says that the situation
of Christians in the provinces of Sc
chuch and Kweichow is critical, the
mandarins siding with the illiterate
against the Christians. \ cOntinu-
ance of the present state of affairs, the
correspondent thinks. Will drift into
| general persecution, massacre, and il
| civil war.
\ MAJORITY OF SIX.
| BERLIN: Feb. 25.-It is expected the
septennate bill will pass three read
| ings without debate. The VOssische
government will have majority of
six.
SHOULD CALL \ HALT.
LONDON, Feb. 25.-Henry NJ. Stan
ley telehraphS from Zanzibar the re-
counting and seizure of the sultan of
ZanZibar's steamer Kilwa and the
-bombardment of Tungi by the Portu-
guese. In the opinion of Stanley PoT-
tugal is acting in high-handed man
ner, relying on the Northumberland of
Germany. England and Germany
together ought to cry ''hands off"
to Portugal before irreparable mis-
chief enSueS. Stanley says in refer
ence to the expedition for the relief of
Emin Bey, that some have embarked
ON the steamer Madura. Couriers
have gone overland with letters to
uganda, while others have been sent
! to Stanley Falls to meet the native
chiefs.
Electricity and the Piano Plague.
1t is no secret, says continental con-
temporary, that a private scholar is
a ruined man if next door to his resi-
dence on the same floor a maiden prae-
tees on the piano from 8 o'clock to II
, in the morning, and in the afternoon,
again from 3 to z, besides giving per-